Free First WednesdayFree museum admission all day, to anyone from anywhere, at Bay Area Discovery Museum
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
UrbanSim Model of Urban DevelopmentPaul Waddell teaches and conducts research on modeling and planning in the domains of land use, housing, economic geography, transportation, and the environment. He has led the development of the UrbanSim model of urban development and the Open Platform for Urban Simulation, now used by Metropolitan Planning Organizations and other ...
Go Wild! Nature Program for KidsEver wonder about the San Francisco Bay wetlands and the wildlife in your very own backyard? Join us for an adventure here at your local library. You'll get up close and personal with real feet and beaks of birds while you play bird games and create your very own wild ...
Healthcare Reform in California: Challenges and OpportunitiesJoin Dave Jones, California Insurance Commissioner, for a discussion on the healthcare reform opportunities and challenges facing California voters this November.Speaker: Dave Jones, California Insurance Commissioner
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Aquarium of the Bay Presents Aquapalooza: Octo-berfestRaise a glass and toast our mysterious eight-armed friends of the deep as we celebrate Octo-berfest during this adults-only after-hours party. We'll be spilling the ink on our favorite eight-armed wonder and its cephalopod relatives with octopus enrichment presentations, squid dissections, and squid block printing while we delight in sea ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 online in advance, $20 at the door
Thursday, 10/02/14
X-ray Insights into Black Hole Accetion and EjectionRelativistic jets and accretion disk winds can potentially have major impacts on black hole host environments. The study of these flows can also reveal fundamental aspets of disk accretion. X-rays probe the region closest to black holes, and may be best suited to the study of outflows near to their ...
Marine ecosystems are changing around the globe due to both natural and anthropogenic drivers. At the most fundamental level, microbes are the chemical engineers of the marine environment that orchestrate the biogeochemical backdrop for all other marine life. Microbial processes are influenced by environmental factors such as pH, temperature, and ...
Since Fall 2002, the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering has hosted the Silicon Valley Leaders Symposium (SVLS). The Symposium hosts industry and technology leaders to talk about business and technology trends. It also features prominent leaders who discuss broader societal and political issues that shape our life and society.Speaker: Tracy ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Go Wild! Nature Program for KidsEver wonder about the San Francisco Bay wetlands and the wildlife in your very own backyard? Join us for an adventure here at your local library. You'll get up close and personal with real feet and beaks of birds while you play bird games and create your very own wild ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
NEXT-GENERATION AIRCRAFT COLLISION AVOIDANCEThe Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) provides maneuver instructions to pilots during the last minute prior to collision. The current TCAS logic uses deterministic models and heuristic rules that limit the robustness of the system. This talk presents a new approach for designing collision avoidance logic that significantly ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Matter Matters- Cradle to Cradle Design and the CircularThere's massive innovation now in materials, products, processes, technologies and systems. In this interdisciplinary talk, Sudeep will share how Cradle to Cradle® design (C2C), eliminates the concept of waste and keeps the technical and biological materials flowing in a macrointegrated manner. Waste=Food. This global circular economy is regenerative by design ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Educator NightEducators are invited to join the Lawrence Hall of Science for this special after-hours event where you'll explore the Hall and our resources. Learn how the Hall can be a vital resource for you and your classroom through field trips, curriculum planning, and professional development and get excited to do ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free for educators
Cafe InquiryMeet up with rationalists, skeptics, and freethinkers south of San FranciscoCafe Inquiry is a social event hosted by the Center for Inquiry|San Francisco. We'll meet in Menlo Park at Café Borrone http://www.cafeborrone.com/ between Kepler's Books and the British Banker's Club! Look for someone wearing a CFI (Center for Inquiry) T-Shirt. Café Borrone
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Exploring Deception in Nature and Culture- After Dark: When Tricks Are TreatsDelve into the science behind deception at After Dark. Find out how expert wine detective Maureen Downey exposes costly counterfeits-without uncorking a bottle. Glimpse the blurred margins between science and art in Victorian spirit photography with Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco curator Melissa Buron, and walk through a virtual ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General; $10 Members; Free for Lab Members
'Maker', a documentary on the Maker MovementPlease join us for a screening of Maker, a feature-length documentary on the Maker Movement and its impact on society, culture and economy in the U.S. Educators and families especially welcome.6:30 - 7:00 snacks and informal networking7:30 - 8:15 Maker movie (1 hr. 6 min)8:15 - 9:00 panel discussion moderated by ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Unlocking Clean Technology Potential: Innovations in Battery TechnologyThe potential of many clean technologies is dependent on energy storage. Batteries enable electric vehicles. Stationary energy storage can both smooth the intermittency of solar and wind energy and store energy for when it is needed. Electric automobiles are the primary alternative to gasoline burning cars today. Road vehicles consume ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Advance Ticket $10 or $15 at the Door
Preventing or Delaying Type 2 Diabetes - Part One of a Three Part SeriesType 2 diabetes, formerly called adult-onset diabetes, is the most common type of the disease, affecting 95 percent of people with diabetes. Type 2 diabetes affects people at any age, even during childhood. However, this type of diabetes develops most often in middle-aged and older people, and those who are ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Friday, 10/03/14
HAPPY HOLLOW EDZOOCATION presents Go Wild!Happy Hollow Park and Zoo comes to your library! Join us with yourwhole family for a fun filled program with live crittersand learn about adaptations, habitat, diet,and more
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Spooky Halloween ScienceGet ready for Spooky Halloween Science Fun! In this workshop, you will handle slimy worms and learn about their role in decomposition, turn your lab partner into a "mummy", make a witch's potion, concoct Oger boogers, create a skull mask, and observe a real sheep's brain. If you like disgusting, nasty, ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Night HikeJoin us for hikes through our redwoods! Trail walks are led by an experienced hiker and Chabot educator and feature discussions about the natural environment, events and objects in the sky.Hike under the beautiful gibbous moon through the redwoods from twilight to moonlight on a moderate 4-5 mile hike. After ...
Where: OaklandCost: $12
Ebola: Beyond the HeadlinesJoin Dr. Paul Farmer for an evening of firsthand reports from doctors on the front lines of Ebola who are mounting a global response with Bay Area partners. Partners In Health, Last Mile Health of Liberia, and Wellbody Alliance of Sierra Leone have launched an ambitious campaign to scale up ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $18 Members, $10 Students
Saturday, 10/04/14
CuriOdyssey's Lift Off Festival Join CuriOdssey for its 60th Anniversary with a celebration of lift! See firing rockets, flying Frisbees, soaring falcons, floating bubbles, and other things that ascend in the air. See "lift" put into practice through demonstrations by the San Jose Spiders, Lily Cai Dance Company, and Rebels Elite cheer team.
Where: San MateoCost:
Nurdle PatrolThe Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and MSI invite you to take a look at the many strange and surprising things that travel the oceans and drift along the shore by Crissy Field. Use microscopes to discover a whole world of bizarre plants and animals living in a ...
MSI loves sharks! Our special Shark Day invites one and all to learn about these amazing creatures, from the Great Whites that swim just off our ocean shores, to the gentle Leopard Sharks that are common in our Bay.We will be feeding and touching our local Leopard Sharks in our ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: $20 General, $10 Members
Cephalopod CelebrationIf you missed this amazing program in June you have another chance this month! Join Aquarium naturalists and find out more about the amazing cephalopod family. From saucy squids to ostentatious octopuses, learn what's armed and what's tentacled. Get the inside scoop on cephalopods during squid dissections at 11am, Noon, ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Astronomy DayIt's a star! It's a satellite! It's a... well, what is it? Throughout history astronomers and scientists have made accidental discoveries of new stars, planets and more through trial and error. In celebration of National Astronomy Day on October 8, the East Bay Astronomical Society and other local astronomers will ...
Our Hawk Talks and Banding Demonstrations occur every Saturday and Sunday from noon to 2pm (weather permitting – heavy fog or rain cancels) during September and October. The Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Family Science & Astronmy Festival + MakerspaceKeynote speech on dark matter/dark energy by Dr. Patricia Burchat, professor of physics at Stanford University. Science demonstrations by CSM faculty, astronomy workshops by SMCAS, drop-in crafting and tinkering workshops. Join us for hands-on projects and skill-sharing in electronics, crafts, media, and more!
Where: San MateoCost: Free
HAPPY HOLLOW EDZOOCATION presents Go Wild!Happy Hollow Park and Zoo comes to your library! Join us with yourwhole family for a fun filled program with live crittersand learn about adaptations, habitat, diet,and more
In recent decades, cosmology has become an observational science that has led to two mysterious observations: about a quarter of the energy density of the universe is in the form of "dark matter," which gravitationally attracts but is otherwise invisible, and about two-thirds is "dark energy," which causes space itself ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
ASTRONAUT LULLABIESAre you in the mood from something new in the universe?Then check out ASTRONAUT LULLABIES, an immersive live concert planetarium experience at the SRJC Planetarium.Featuring the astronomy-inspired, thought-rocking songs of Jim and Kathy Ocean, ASTRONAUT LULLABIES is a conceptual ride through outer and inner space. With songs like "Coming of ...
Where: Santa RosaCost: Advanced Purchase: General Admission: $15; Childr
Sunday, 10/05/14
Astronomy DayIt's a star! It's a satellite! It's a... well, what is it? Throughout history astronomers and scientists have made accidental discoveries of new stars, planets and more through trial and error. In celebration of National Astronomy Day on October 8, the East Bay Astronomical Society and other local astronomers will ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free with admission
Free First SundayFirst Sundays of the month are free at the Oakland Museum of California. Pick up a treat for yourself or a loved one in the OMCA Store, or enjoy a lunch or snack in Blue Oak café. Take your pick and join an OMCA Docent for the Architecture Tour at ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
The Science of FirefightingWhat are the challenges to fighting fires in San Francisco? Do you feel prepared in the event of a fire in your home? Join firefighters from the San Francisco Fire Department to explore fire safety, education, and prevention in time for National Fire Prevention Week (October 5–11, 2014).Investigate firefighting tactics ...
Our Hawk Talks and Banding Demonstrations occur every Saturday and Sunday from noon to 2pm (weather permitting – heavy fog or rain cancels) during September and October. The Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Monday, 10/06/14
Marcelo Gleiser: The Island of Knowledge - The Limits of Science and the Search for MeaningTo be human is to want to know, but what we are able to observe is only a tiny portion of what's "out there." Brazilian theoretical physicist Marcelo Gleiser traces our search for answers to the most fundamental questions of our existence and reaches a provocative conclusion: science, the main ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 non-members, MEMBERS FREE, $7 students
A neural basis for attention in humans and monkeysThe Stanford Neurosciences Institute hosts a weekly seminar series to bring together members of the Stanford neuroscience community to hear about and discuss cutting edge basic and/or clinical research that is relevant to the future of neuroscience.Speaker: Robert Desimone, MITRooms 101-102
Where: StanfordCost: Free
STUDYING X-RAYS FROM SOLAR FLARESDr. Lindsay Glesener of University of California, Berkeley will discuss her work using sounding rocket experiments to study solar X-rays.
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
The Revolution in Graph Theoretic OptimizationGraph theoretic optimization problems that have been dormant for fifty years are now seeing new and exciting algorithms. These advances have been made possible by Spectral Graph Theory, the interplay between linear algebra and combinatorial graph theory. One application of this interplay is a nearly linear time solver for Symmetric ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Answering Calls of Our Time: Energy Technology Transitions and EquityHow can we deploy clean energy technologies on a scale that matters and in a time frame that makes a difference? Market conditions that motivate private equity investments are framed in part by public policy decisions taken in contexts where social equity is a factor. Claims for justice are persistent ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Collecting New and Hardy Plants in the Mountains of Northern VietnamPlant explorers Bleddyn and Sue Wynn-Jones will talk about their plant-collecting expeditions in the north of Vietnam. They have explored that region's mountainous forests seven times since 1999, discovering new species and other exciting plants-"exciting sometimes to the extreme," they report. The main emphasis will be on the plant ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $25
Joshua Wolf Shenk, author of 'Powers of Two: Seeking the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs'What drives creative success? According to Shenk the magic number is two. Even when we're alone, we are "collaborating" with the voice inside our head.Shenk examines dynamic duos in all fields of business, entertainment, social activism, etc. and unveils the "electrified space" of a partnership. He also identifies some of ...
Peter Thiel, who co-founded PayPal and made the first outside investment in Facebook, says we must think about the future for more than just 140 characters or 15 minutes at a time to make real long-term progress. He discusses some of the ideas in his new book, Zero to One, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $40 - $80
A Planet for GoldilocksNot too hot, not too cold reads the prescription for a world that's just right for life as we know it. Finding evidence of life beyond Earth is one of the primary goals of astronomy focused science agencies in the United States and abroad. The goal looms closer as a ...
Recurring Slope Lineae: Confirmation of shallow subsurface flowing water on MarsRecurring Slope Lineae (RSL) are narrow (0.5 to 5 m) dark albedo features that incrementally lengthen down steep slopes and reoccur each year. RSL are well correlated with temperature, as they lengthen as temperature increases and fade as temperature decreases. RSL have been observed within a latitude band from 37°N ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Public lecture by Dr. Laurie Marker, founder of The Cheetah Conservation FundEver wondered what goes into saving an endangered species? Dr. Laurie Marker, founder of The Cheetah Conservation Fund, has been working with cheetahs in Namibia for decades. In the race for survival, she has had to work with various stakeholders and use innovative strategies such as genetic research, re-wilding programs, ...
Go Wild! Nature Program for KidsEver wonder about the San Francisco Bay wetlands and the wildlife in your very own backyard? Join us for an adventure here at your local library. You'll get up close and personal with real feet and beaks of birds while you play bird games and create your very own wild ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Sunset/Full Moon walk to Point Bonita LighthouseJoin park staff and docents for a tour down the Point Bonita Trail, through the hand carved tunnel and out to the Lighthouse. We will walk along a half-mile trail which is steep in places. Arrive early as parking is limited. Meet at the Point Bonita Lighthouse trailhead. Dress warmly ...
Where: SausalitoCost:
Nerd Night North Bay #1Join us for the first ever Nerd Nite North Bay! Drink beer and learn about ancient Andean culture, sustainable beermaking, and Deadheads! How do they all connect? Sustainability! The ancient Moche civilization farmed with very little water, you can in fact brew beer in a sustainable way with very little ...
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